What Not to Do in Thunderstorms. Secrets of Safety
If you find yourself indoors during a thunderstorm don't go near a stove, it is dangerous. Keep away from the chimney; avoid the close vicinity of…
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131 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 7
Murray Floods. Greatest Since 1870
A diagram prepared by the Victorian Water Commission indicates that the heavy flooding, which continued from June to November,…
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I wish to tell you a little about the sensational experience we had here yesterday evening. At about 5.30, as the thunderstorm rose, we could hear something like…
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Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is my first letter to the "Banner," so I "hope yon will accept me as one of your many nieces. I go to school, and I am in the seventh grade…
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A cyclonic storm swept through Bathurst yesterday, doing considerable damage to buildings, crops, orchards, and fences, uprooting avenues of trees, and causing…
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Flood conditions still prevail in parts ot Queensland. A message from Charleville states that general rain has fallen over the district,…
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It was reported here that there was a fall of 785 points of rain at, Mr W. G. Liddle's holding, Ivyholme," Broome. The water was…
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A cyclonic storm swept through Bathurst on Monday, doing considerable damage to buildings, crops, orchards and fences, uprooting avenues of trees and causing a…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Fire or Water! Heavy Unseasonable Rain
A fortnight ago it was one series of bush fires breaking out at all points of the compass, with little cessation day or night. On "Wednesday night…
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According to the well-informed special correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," Mr. Philip Gibbs, a great German offensive may be expected on the Western front…
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A report from Charleville (Q.) states, that Cooper's Creek is. in high flood and running 12 miles wide in part. Drovers are held up on the west side of Cooper's…
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In view of the recent abnormally wet seasons, leading to flooded rivers and destructive inundations, the Victorian State Government has been giving…
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A message has been received from Rockhampton reporting that at 9 am. on Tuesday the Fitzroy River was 25 feet on the gauge and rising at the rate of an inch…
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The central district floods in Queensland appeal to have become more serious than at first was anticipated. Practically all means of communication from Gladstone…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The Fate of Mackay. Cyclone, Tidal Wave, Flood. Great Damage and Heavy Loss of Life. Sydney, Friday, 4.30 p.m
Part of Mackay was struck by a cyclone, a tidal wave, and at flood. Several vessels were sunk, and hundreds of people are homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclonic Storm in Queensland. the Country a Sea of Water Mackay Cut Off. Several Lives Lost at Rockhampton. Sydney
The Queensland floods have assumed a more serious aspect. Practically all means of communication from Gladstone to Rockhampton district,…
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A message has been received from Rochampton reporting that on Tuesday the Fitzroy River was 25 feet on the gauge and rising at the rate of an inch per hour…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →Sydney's Flood of Girls the Six O'clock Outflow
"Condoler" relates how a countryman visiting Sydney was overtaken by an unexpected flood of youth and beauty:— An old friend has just arrived from a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods and Cyclones Flood Waters Receding. Fears for Town of Mackay Rockhampton
The latest news concerning the flood from Rockhampton states that the position is somewhat improved, the flood having reached its maximum height. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in Queensland. Towns Isolated
A telegram from Rockhampton, dated Wednesday, states that all the low-lying parts of the town are flooded. The Fitzroy River is still rising…
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